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 (redirected from "**Board of Directors**") (redirected from "**Board of Directors**")
  
-A director of Quelab is the trustee of the corporation.  They have control over the fiduciary responsiblites of the corporation, including compensation of the officers and employees, ensure that the space continues to exist, and to otherwise fufil the stated objectives of the corporation:+A director of Quelab is the trustee of the corporation.  They have control over the fiduciary responsibilities of the corporation, including compensation of the officers and employees, ensure that the space continues to exist, and to otherwise fulfil the stated objectives of the corporation:
  
     * To maintain and operate a physical  space within the city of Albuquerque that fosters creative technological  exploration, collaboration, education, and economic development;     * To maintain and operate a physical  space within the city of Albuquerque that fosters creative technological  exploration, collaboration, education, and economic development;
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 The term of an elected director is for two years.  Approximately half of the directors are elected every year, with the length of term specified at the time of election. The term of an elected director is for two years.  Approximately half of the directors are elected every year, with the length of term specified at the time of election.
  
-As the corporation holds insurance indemifying the directors, directors shall not be personally liable for the debts, liabilities, or other obligations of the corporation.+As the corporation holds insurance indemnifying the directors, directors shall not be personally liable for the debts, liabilities, or other obligations of the corporation. 
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 +In practice, the Directors are the strategic navigators for the lab,  empowering the officers and the members to do all the day-to-day  operational stuff.  They go out into the wider community, looking for  ideas and projects to bring back to Quelab and integrate them into our  specific community.  They have to balance the desires of the membership  with finding the funds to pay for their feasible yet moonshot ideas.   The annual card-storming process run by the President is a major input  into the Director's program-decisions.  \\  \\ Non-member directors bring to Quelab  ideas that we as a group would never have thought of, while  member-directors can reinforce the desires of the members to a board of  directors who are purposely hands-off.  All the Directors are tasked  with finding grants, programs, and ideas that can make Quelab an even  better place for the Albuquerque area to explore and create  STEAM-focused learning.  \\  \\ The directors are not omniscient,  so they convene task-forces (short term) and committees (no fixed term)  to research ideas more thoroughly, so they can discuss program  proposals, rather than nebulous ideas which don't have a business plan  behind them.  These working groups solicit further concrete ideas from  the community at large, formulate a plan, and return their findings to  the directors for further discussion. If the proposal from the  task-force gets accepted, the new program or policy is passed to the  officers for implementation.
  
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-[[:policies:policies:bylaws#article_4_-_directors|Bylaws Article 4]]+[[:policies:bylaws#article_4_-_directors|Bylaws Article 4]]
  
 It shall be the duty of the directors to: It shall be the duty of the directors to:
  
-    -Perform any and all duties imposed  on them collectively or individually by law, by the articles of  incorporation, or by these bylaws; +    - Perform any and all duties imposed  on them collectively or individually by law, by the articles of  incorporation, or by these bylaws; 
-    -Appoint and remove, employ and  discharge, and, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, prescribe  the duties and fix the compensation, if any, of all officers, agents,  and employees of the corporation; +    - Appoint and remove, employ and  discharge, and, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, prescribe  the duties and fix the compensation, if any, of all officers, agents,  and employees of the corporation; 
-    -Supervise all officers, agents, and employees of the corporation to assure that their duties are performed properly; +    - Supervise all officers, agents, and employees of the corporation to assure that their duties are performed properly; 
-    -Meet at such times and places as required by these bylaws; +    - Meet at such times and places as required by these bylaws; 
-    -Register their addresses with the  secretary of the corporation, and notices of meetings mailed or  telegraphed to them at such addresses shall be valid notices thereof. +    - Register their addresses with the  secretary of the corporation, and notices of meetings mailed or  telegraphed to them at such addresses shall be valid notices thereof. 
-    -Execute fiduciary responsibilities of the corporation as presented by the officers and directors+    - Execute fiduciary responsibilities of the corporation as presented by the officers and directors